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The grouping area at the top of the grid allows you to easily group columns through a simple drag-and-drop operation:</p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><img border="0" alt="" src="Graphics/RunTime/GroupingArea.png"></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> <p class="MsoBodyText">To group a column, drag a column header onto the grouping area:</p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><img border="0" alt="" src="Graphics/RunTime/Grouping.png"></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText">You can sort the display of grouped items, by clicking the column header in the grouping area. In the following image the grouped column has been reverse sorted:</p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><img border="0" alt="" src="Graphics/RunTime/GroupingSorted.png"></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText">You can group multiple columns by performing a drag-and-drop operation to drag additional columns to the grouping area:</p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><img border="0" alt="" src="Graphics/RunTime/MultipleGroup.png"></p> <p class="MsoBodyText">To remove the grouping, simply click the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">X</b> button next to a grouped column in the grouping area of the grid:</p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><img border="0" alt="" src="Graphics/RunTime/RemoveGrouping.png"></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText">Note that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">CanUserGroup</b> property must be set to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">True</b> for the grouping area to be visible and grouping to be possible (by default it is set to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">False</b>). For more information, see <span class="C1HJump">Enabling Grouping in the Grid</span>. 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